 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...anatomized, ie dissected and laid : by the squandering glances or random shots of a fuol. 268 Jests. A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. 8— v. 2. 269 Folly, its effects. None are so surely caught,* when they are catch'd, As wit turn'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...ambition of so airy and light a quality, that it is but a shadow's shadow. 36— ii. 2. 155 Foolery. A gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of that...grace, Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools. 8— v. 2. 156 Tried fidelity. He that can endure To follow with allegiance a fallen lord, Does conquer... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pages
...laughter in the throat of doth? It cannot be ; it is impossible : Mirth cannot move a soul in agony. ROÍ. th ofthat loose grace, Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools : A jest's prosperity lies in the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...the poetry in this play is, as mere poetry, equal to that of Shakspere's maturer time. The aphorism " A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it," is profound and Shaksperian. The play itself looks as though it rested on some event in the history... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 374 pages
...throat of death ? It cannot be ; it is impossible : Mirth cannot move a soul in agony. Ros. Why, that 's the way to choke a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace, Cutting sarcasms. * Vehement. Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools. A jest's prosperity lies... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1845 - 432 pages
...contrary, appeared to drop into its place, and be ready to assist in paying the reverence due. Again, " A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it." I thought, in quoting from memory, of " A jest's success," " A jest's renown" &c. I then turned to... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1865 - 1460 pages
...of the „cutted comma," the adjective „filthy" is not separated by a comma from the noun .gain." A Jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it : xnirot ifycay' öf(ä rfts itSv UeyövTcai' Svräfieaii rovi äxovorrae 10 nielarov Kvfiovs' tot... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 578 pages
...iu the throat of death ? It cannot be ; it is impossible : Mirth cannot move a soul in agony. Roe. Why, that's the way to choke a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot ofthat loose grace, Which shallow lau e hin g hearers give lo fools : A jest's prosperity lies m the... | |
 | William John Birch - Religion in literature - 1848 - 574 pages
...way to choke a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace, Which shallow-laughing hearers give to fools : A jest's prosperity lies in...hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. Falstaff also says, the excellence of his wit depends upon the goodness of the listener. Therefore... | |
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A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it... 
